Pope (Giant)

"Romanism has been to the Church what Paganism has been to the world—a spoiler of men’s faith, and a persecutor of men’s lives. It has taken human nature as its guide, and, accordingly, has wrought out a religious system of curious and cunning work, incorporating much of the religion of the heathen with the religion of Christ, and striving by piecemeal and by development to make religion what man would like it to be, easy to flesh and blood; in a word, a human religion founded on that which is divine; human tradition superadded to revelation; carnal superstition joined to spiritual worship; mortals made mediators, in conjunction with, and ofttimes to the exclusion of, Jesus, the only Mediator between God and men. 'Being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.'" Romans 10:3. [1]